The Beatles Bible - Topic: I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/
Simple:Press Version 5.7.2Billy Rhythm on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p172955
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p172955Very Underrated Record, while the "song" itself isn't much of a "song" lyrically or musically, the performance is top notch and one of the heaviest tracks of the day by anyone. Anyone who plays 'The Beatles RockBand' videogame regularly will attest to this being by far the hardest song to drum along to on the 'Expert' difficulty setting, NO ONE rides a shuffle beat on the hats like Ringo does, especially at this frantic pace which is further underscored by the fact that he sings and drums simultaneously while they performed it live at their shows. The band had long since ...]]>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:17:18 -0500Ron Nasty on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171994
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171994Bringing this up purely because it should be mentioned here. Bobby D and The Hawks (later known as The Band) on the 5 October 1965, during the first session for what would become Blonde on Blonde. There were 7 attempts at this (this being the seventh). I think once the chorus is hit, the influence is clear.

]]>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 04:51:40 -0500Silly Girl on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171982
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171982Just went and listened to both versions. Of course I'm totally biased, so I'm keeping my mouth shut.
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The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171981Best thing about the Stones' version is the amazing overdriven slide guitar parts - a pretty remarkable bit of distortion considering they weren't using any fuzzboxes or anything. Other than that, I definitely prefer the Beatles version; it's more propulsive. More like Bo Diddley whereas the Stones just gave theirs a Chuck Berry beat.
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RevolvingPiggies said
"He plays it in a chugga- chugga Bo Diddley style" That made me laugh! It's fun to say.

I love I Wanna Be Your Man, maybe because it's so simple and catchy. The vocals are great too. And the screams

QFT

I rather like it. It's a great one for belting along. I hate the Stones' version, though.

]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:43:14 -0500Hildy on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171922
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171922I didn't think much of it at the time when the Stones brought it out. It's listenable but nothing special and I'm sure there were no regrets that it was given away.
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kaleidoscopeeyes said
I always have to shake my head when I listen to "I Wanna Be Your Man", and I think that Ringo sings it really great But then I have to think to the Rolling Stones' version, and that one is real crap (sorry for all Stones fans), 'cause the guitar riffs are really lame and Mick Jagger sings it really bad

I can't believe it was a hit for the Stones!

]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:12:04 -0500meanmistermustard on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171903
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p171903Almost certainly just coincidence and not related to this track but both songs 'Keep On Running' (Spencer Davis Group) and 'What I Can Do For You' (Sheryl Crow) have bits which are very similar to Ringo, John and Paul yelling "I Wanna Be Your Man".

The more i hear this the more i like it. Nothing to it but as a straight-up raver it is damn good. Quite weird to think that if this track hadn't of been written/finished we might never have gotten 'Satisfaction', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' etc.

]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:03:04 -0500kaleidoscopeeyes on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p51846
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p51846I always have to shake my head when I listen to "I Wanna Be Your Man", and I think that Ringo sings it really great But then I have to think to the Rolling Stones' version, and that one is real crap (sorry for all Stones fans), 'cause the guitar riffs are really lame and Mick Jagger sings it really bad
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The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p51393I didn't like I Wanna Be Your Man,IMO it gets boring too easily.
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RevolvingPiggies said

And the screams

thooose screams, indeed.

]]>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:36:20 -0600RevolvingPiggies on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50983
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50983"He plays it in a chugga- chugga Bo Diddley style" That made me laugh! It's fun to say.

I love I Wanna Be Your Man, maybe because it's so simple and catchy. The vocals are great too. And the screams

]]>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:25:05 -0600Into the Sky with Diamonds on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50963
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50963McCartney has a more interesting version of this song on one of his live albums ("Paul Is Live" perhaps).

He plays it in a chugga- chugga Bo Diddley style.

]]>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:28:22 -0600meanmistermustard on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50957
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50957I think John got it right when he said it wasnt anything noteworthy proved by giving it to the Rolling Stones ,"we weren't going to give them anything great, right". Many of the words were knocked off in about 5 minutes which speaks volumes. Only thing of any note about the song is that it inspired Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to write their own songs.

Its good to listen to every once in a while but works better as a bbc recording IMHO. Tho for some reason Ringo could never sing the song the whole way thru with the right words in ...]]>

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:49:29 -0600cool.story.mum. on I Wanna Be Your Manhttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50952
The songshttps://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/i-wanna-be-your-man/#p50952i find this song pretty enjoyable, but it isn't my fav. one or anything. i can listen to it from time to time, but it could appear anoying at some point. i'm not a big fan of ringo's singing really (forgive me). anyway, the song is catchy and it's from those hit-songs and it did its part in conquering america. I prefer more matured ones, but I love this particular period so I can't complain really ...
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